The Investigative Project on Race and Equity
Training journalists in data-driven reporting and partnering with newsrooms to expose systemic racism
Photo by Wendy Wei
Photo by Wendy Wei
Our dispassionate style of fact-based, data-driven reporting uncovers systemic racial and economic disparities.
We partner with Chicago media outlets to support major investigations on race and equity issues in the region and across Illinois.
Our investigative workshop series helps journalists develop investigative skills, while creating a pipeline of diverse and skilled reporters.
Our apprenticeship program gives aspiring investigative reporters hands-on experience coupled with a training series and mentorship.
In a federal complaint, the former contractors say that Favorite Healthcare Staffing systematically mishandled personally identifying and private health information of shelter residents.
Six migrant families shared their journey from Central and South America to start a new life in Chicago.
Chicago is phasing out Favorite Healthcare Staffing after paying the agency $342 million to oversee its shelter system. Records show that Favorite had a poor track record of resolving complaints.
West Side residents near where police killed Dexter Reed share details of their trauma from that incident and their own traffic stops.
Chicago’s legacy of racial discrimination continues as Black seniors face more obstacles in improving their homes and neighborhoods.
State oversight is lax and police game the system – but racial disparities in traffic stops are clearly on the rise
This is the second installment of a series, “Profiled: The State of Traffic Stops in Illinois,” published in partnership with WBEZ Chicago.
This is the first installment of a series, “Profiled: The State of Traffic Stops in Illinois,” published in partnership with WBEZ Chicago.